Chicago
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Jones Lang beats analysts' expectationsFeb 03, 2009 10:00 pm - Jones Lang LaSalle Inc., the world's second largest publicly traded commercial real estate broker, rose 17 percent after the company beat analysts' profit expectations. ...
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SEC sues Chicago residents for fraudFeb 03, 2009 10:00 pm - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said it halted a so-called boiler room that raised at least $44 million since 2007 while selling penny stocks to European inv...
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Tribune Co. wins right to pay $8.8 mil in bonusesFeb 03, 2009 10:00 pm - Tribune Co., the second-largest newspaper publisher in the U.S., was authorized by the bankruptcy judge at a hearing yesterday to continue or adopt employee benefit prog...
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WGN, CLTV newsrooms to merge
Feb 03, 2009 10:00 pm - Tribune Co. plans to combine operations at two of its TV stations in hopes of creating the "largest and most powerful" television newsroom in the Chicago area. The move ...
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CME Group looks to pay down debtFeb 03, 2009 10:00 pm - CME Group Inc., the world's largest futures market, plans to sell $500 million of five-year notes, according to a person familiar with the offering. The Chicago-based co...
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Top chefs push Obama to improve food policy
Feb 03, 2009 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- When visiting one of his favorite Chicago restaurants in November, President Barack Obama was asked by an excited waitress if he wanted the restaurant's sp...
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Medications missing from Chicago warehouse
Feb 02, 2009 10:00 pm - An audit has determined that thousands of dollars of vaccines and medications have expired and have gone missing from a Chicago Health Department warehouse because of po...
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4 women charged with killing man
Feb 02, 2009 10:00 pm - Four Chicago women have been charged with first degree murder for the stabbing death of a 30-year-old man. Prosecutors say the women, identified as Tiffany Cox, Carmelit...
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Tribune moves to adopt new severance plan
Feb 02, 2009 10:00 pm - WILMINGTON, Del. -- A Delaware bankruptcy judge is expected to approve the Tribune Co.'s request to implement a new severance plan for nonunion workers. Tribune, which o...
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Feds: Chicago job seekers mowed dept. head's lawn
Feb 02, 2009 10:00 pm - People wanting jobs on the city payroll allegedly mowed the lawn, shoveled snow and washed windows at the home of the city's commissioner of streets and sanitation and s...